Airplanes, cats, guns, war, the more than occasional rant about the kleptocracy of President Stable Genius and his party of treason, the spinelessness of the Democraps and ramblings about anything else that flits through the somewhat offbeat mind of an armed lesbian pinko as she slides down the Razor Blade of Life.Caveat lector.

Words of Advice:

"Never Feel Sorry For Anyone Who Owns an Airplane."-- Tina Marie

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

"Flying the Airplane is More Important than Radioing Your Plight to a Person on the GroundWho is Incapable of Understanding or Doing Anything About It." -- Unknown

"There seems to be almost no problem that Congress cannot, by diligent efforts and careful legislative drafting, make ten times worse." -- Me

"What the hell is an `Aluminum Falcon'?" -- Emperor Palpatine

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

It's Not Just PharmaBro That is Evil, It's All of Them

The recipe for the pharmaceutical companies: Take something that has been in the marked for decades, that people need, and then hike the ever-loving shit out of the price.

Other than the quibble that their products are legal and heroin is not,* there are few differences between Big Pharma and the drug cartels, other than (i) there is more competition with regard to illegal drugs, (ii) legal drugs usually aren't stepped-on and (iii) Walgreens and CVS rarely engage in gun battles over turf.

The top layers of management of both the cartels and Big Pharma truly rival each other when it comes to amorality.
____________________________* A distinction without much of a difference when it comes to opiods.

4 comments:

Note that the only real competitor to the Epi-Pem was forced out of the business last year because users were occasionally making errors in use. A problem that occurs at the same rate with the Epi-pen, but it didn't get recalled. Might be worth a look at who got the recall ball rolling, eh?

Walgreens or CVS have never spotted me fifty bucks so I could keep eating until payday, but my dope dealer (back when I had one) did just that on multiple occasions. My friend Sara got stung on the toe by a bee she had no idea she was deathly allergic to, and was in full cardiac arrest when the EMTs got there, and apparently "reenacted the scene from Pulp Fiction but without the sharpie" with "a jacked up epi pen with a needle as long as your middle finger" and she's still around to tell the tale, so I hope they manage to keep them available, as I would miss her horribly if she weren't around.

The problem is that these medical devices are prescribed by brand, not as a generic fill option. So, unless the doctor writes the script for adrenaclick, the patient can't use this cheaper option. And you can bet that Mylan has been flooding doctors offices with stories of problems with any competitor and lawsuits filed against those companies, while promising that would never happen with Epi-pen (and probably promising to assist, if it does). The pharmaceutical industry is ripe for a RICO investigation and then some, but the fallout in Congress and the AMA would be too much, so it stays hidden.

Rule No. 5: Terms of Service: Political appointees of the Obama and Bush Administrations may not read this blog unless they (i) post a comment confessing same and (ii) acknowledge that both men are war criminals. This blog may not be read by members of the Arizona Legislature.

Violation of this term is a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(2)(C) and you're off to share a cell with Chris Christie, asswipe.

Rule No. 6: If I wanted you to write a "guest post", I'd ask you. Don't bother asking me to put one up from you. I won't. Start yer own goddamn blog.You Have Been Warned.